October 29, 2015

19 Reasons Why I Don't Celebrate Halloween

I'm not going to judge someone else if they feel a strong desire to celebrate this holiday, per Colossians 2.16. But I believe there are a number of very good reasons not to celebrate Halloween, as outlined in an article by Michael Snyder, and re-published below in full. And I would like to add one more reason to the list. When I was a kid, I would canvass the town with a friend and fill up one pillow case of candy that would last me for about three months, if I didn't binge. However, candy has changed significantly since then. Studies are increasingly demonstrating the the genetically modified corn syrup found in most present-day candies wreaks havoc on one's health.

For example, a recent study out of Egypt, published at sustainablepulse.com, has confirmed what scientists at least five years ago in Austria and Russia had already determined, that GMO foods cause sterility. According to the study by the Food Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Anatomy and Embryology, and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal
University, Ismailia, Egypt, after just 91 days, many of the rats fed a GM diet were completely sterile. So, add Halloween candy to my list of reasons why I'm opting out of Halloween because I love and care for my family.

18 Reasons Why I Don’t Celebrate Halloween

By Michael Snyder, on October 28th, 2015

This year, 64 percent
of all Americans will celebrate Halloween, but I will not be one of
them. For me, it is a wretched, horrible holiday that celebrates the
darkest side of humanity, and it is deeply rooted in ancient pagan
traditions that would get people thrown in prison if they attempted to
duplicate them today. With each passing year, the sexually suggestive
costumes being marketed to our young girls become even skankier, the
horror movies become darker and even more demonic, and the number of
Americans that participate in occult ceremonies just continues to grow. In fact, it has been estimated that the number of self-identified witches in the United States is doubling every 30 months.
Those that are deeply into the occult take this holiday very seriously,
and the dark forces that they are dealing with are very real. So no, I
don’t want anything to do with this festival of death. In no
particular order, the following are 18 reasons why I don’t celebrate
Halloween…#1 I don’t want anyone in my family to observe a
holiday that celebrates death, witchcraft and the occult. This year,
millions of Americans will participate in activities that could
potentially open up a door for demonic activity.#2 The average American spends $74.34 on the holiday. I would rather save the money.#3 Millions of women use Halloween as an excuse to
dress like street walkers, and millions of men use Halloween as an
excuse to act like sexual predators.#4 Even little girls as young as three years old are being dressed up in sexually provocative costumes. What kind of message does this send to them?#5 Dressing up little children as ghosts, demons and
vampires is not healthy for them. In recent years, there has been a
trend to make costumes for children as hellish as possible.#6 Originally, costumes were worn on October 31st “to change the personality of the wearer to allow for communication with the spirit world“. For 11 years in a row, dressing up as a witch has been the number one costume choice for adults in the United States.#7 In ancient Britain, the festival known as Samhain
was celebrated on October 31st. It was supposedly a day when dead
souls would revisit their old homes. Personally, I don’t want anything
to do with contacting the souls of the dead.#8 According to the History Channel, Samhain was also the day when the Druids “gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities”.#9 As I have written about previously, the fastest growing religion in America still practices a holiday known as “Samhain” to this very day.#10 According to Wiccans, Halloween is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is considered to be the thinnest.
They believe that on this day their god “dies” and is reborn every year
on the Winter Solstice. This year the winter solstice falls on
December 22nd.#11 In ancient times, the resurrection of the sun god required human and animal sacrifice. The following is what occult expert Bill Schnoebelen says that the Druids would do at this time of the year…

Druids worshiped the sun god, called by names like Bel
(Ba’al?) or Chrom. On October 31, they believed that he died and went
into the kingdom of the dead, Anwynn. The purpose of Samhain was to
insure his return. Even witches admit this involved human sacrifice.
Both animal and human blood were believed to be needed to resurrect
Bel on Samhain. Human blood was believed to open the gates of Anwynn and
released the spirits for a night. Thus, October 31 came to be
associated with ghosts. This is not just history. Samhain is still
celebrated by Pagans and is the most solemn ceremony on their “religious
calendar”.

As a result of their efforts to wipe out “pagan”
holidays, such as Samhain, the Christians succeeded in effecting major
transformations in it. In 601 A.D. Pope Gregory the First issued a now
famous edict to his missionaries concerning the native beliefs and
customs of the peoples he hoped to convert. Rather than try to
obliterate native peoples’ customs and beliefs, the pope instructed his
missionaries to use them: if a group of people worshipped a tree, rather
than cut it down, he advised them to consecrate it to Christ and allow
its continued worship.

The idea of trick-or-treating is further related to the
ghosts of the dead in pagan, and even Catholic, history. For example,
among the ancient Druids, “The ghosts that were thought to throng about
the houses of the living were greeted with a banquet-laden table. At the
end of the feast, masked and costumed villagers representing the souls
of the dead paraded to the outskirts of town leading the ghosts away.”
As already noted, Halloween was thought to be a night when
mischievous and evil spirits roamed freely. As in modern poltergeist
lore, mischievous spirits could play tricks on the living—so it was
advantageous to “hide” from them by wearing costumes. Masks and costumes
were worn to either scare away the ghosts or to keep from being
recognized by them

#15 The tradition of carving out a “Jack-O-Lantern” also comes from paganism. The following comes from wicca.com…

Turnips were hollowed out and carved to look like
protective spirits, for this was a night of magic and chaos. The Wee
Folke became very active, pulling pranks on unsuspecting humans.
Traveling after dark was not advised.

Here it’s a pumpkin, but in Europe it was often a turnip,
or a skull with a candle in it. This serves two symbols, 1) the lord of
the Dead, a “god” just like a Buddha – in short, an idol. 2) The
fearsome face represented the god, Samhain, who would drive off less
powerful demons that night. The lights in the Jack-o-Lantern symbolize
the “faery fires” or “Will’o the Wisps” which were believed to be the
lost souls flitting through the night. They also hearken back to the
huge Samhain “balefires” which were lit to help conjure back the god
from the darkness.

#16 On all Satanic holy days, there are children that get ritually abused. This has been documented repeatedly, and yet most people (including most Christians) don’t want to hear about it.#17 For Satanists, Halloween is one of the most
important celebrations of the year. On page 96 of the Satanic Bible,
Anton LaVey wrote the following…

“After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht (May 1st) and Halloween.”

#18 The Scriptures are very clear about this sort of
thing. Deuteronomy 18:9-13 says the following: “When you enter the
land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the
detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who
sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or
sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or
who is a medium or spiritist or who consults with the dead. Anyone who
does these things is detestable to the Lord”.

So what about you?

Will you and your family celebrate Halloween this year?

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